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Cc: Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au>
Subject: Re: ipv6
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Da Rock wrote:
> My ISP has informed me that it doesn't support IPv6 yet, and won't for
> some time. I have a DNS server and sites on IPv4, but I'd like to be
> able to support IPv6- does the fact that my ISP doesn't support it stop
> me from serving on IPv6? I'd think it does, but some clarity from
> experts might help...
>   

If you have static IPv4, then you can setup stf tunnels easily enough.  
See stf(4), although if you want to set it up then it may be a good idea 
to look at the way that rc.conf can set it up.

If you don't have static IPv4, then other tunneling techniques can be used.